Still reeling from the worst economic crisis in more than half a century, Europe's railfreight operators enter a new decade contemplating a long line of financial, political, and technical hurdles. Keith barrow reports from Marketforce's future of Railfreight in Europe conference in Berlin, where delegates debated the industry's most pressing issues, and how they might be tackled.

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  TRAFIC MARCHANDISES, DB, PERSPECTIVE ECONOMIQUE, NS, PERSPECTIVES D'AVENIR, DSB, POLITIQUE EUROPEENNE DES TRANSPORTS, ÖBB, RESEAU TRANSEUROPEEN DE TRANSPORT, SNCF, INTERMODALITE, PROTECTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT, LIBERALISATION